Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-07-08

THIN-SHELLED EGGS.
Some kinds of poultry have been
breed to produce nearly the possible
limit of eggs. and the failure OF the
hen to provide the exquisite material
for her daily product is more likely
than not to be shown in its shell. The
wonder is how and where so much lime
can be accumulated aud passed
through the system daily. With free
range fowls pick up an enormous
amount and great variety of food.
Thin shells are not often found where
fowls are allowed to ran at will. But
If they are obliged to live on what Is
fed them the latter has rarely enough
lime in its composition. Ground bones
are the best form for giving lime to
fowls, as in them much nutrition in
their gelatine is mixed with the miner
al. But they will cat more of common
lime in a day than any one would sup
pose while laying freely. If allowed to
lay thin-shelled eggs hens soon get il
the habit of eating them, and this
makes the fowls worthless.
BRAN FOR HORSE FEED.
Bran is SO light that it is popularity
believed that there is little substance
or value in it. In warm mash es fol
COWS it gives a great increase in the
milk yield. as every farmer knows.
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er, by the belief that milk is so largely
water, and that the water which COWS
drink with the bran is mainly RESPONSE
/ Bile for the increasing supply of milk.
| But the substance in both milk and
bran is greatly underestimated. Milk,
even after its cream is removed. is a
very nourishing food, and its nutri-
ment is of the kind that the brand is
peculiarly adapted to supply. 1t sup
plies the proteine which appears in tho
albumen of milk. Precisely the same
kind of materials are required to give
strength to working horses. Those
who feed bran to horses largely are
most in favor of it. One OF it's advant-
ages is in keeping the horse from be-
coming constipated on dry feed and
grain. 1t is cheap and vaua BILE feed
for horses at any time, and especially
while changing their coats in the
Spring.
SEED CORN.
Corn that would grow used formerly
to be all that was necessary in selecting
seed. To ascertain this fact specimens
were brought in the house and tested
by planting in a box of earth kept near
warm fire. This is. much less Sc
we're test than planting in the open
ground. Samples that would grow all
right in the house failed when planted
in the field. Not only this, bu
the higher vitality of the best seet
insured more rapid and vigorous growth
and darker color of the leaves. Keep
ing seed corn in u warm, dry place in
sures this. All the moisture that cal
be dried out of seed corn has, afte
planting, to be absorbed from the soil
with which tbs in contact. This make
the soil dryer and invites the admis
sion of warm air from the surface
This may explain why farmers hay,
found no benefit or positive injury from
soaking seed corn, and have abandone,
the practice, though not able to ex
plain why it should not be an advant
age. Corn ground should at plantin,
time be in fine filth. If this is the fact
it will never lack moisture to gener
ate the seed. however dry it may b
when planted.
MAKING HOME MARKET.
1t is the misfortune of farmers tina
they do everything in such a wholesal
way that they can not get time t
market their products in the best man
ner. Thus the prevalent complain
that middlemen fix the price and tax
so large a share of the profit. Wit
grain growers this is inevitable. 1t
rarely. if ever. that the wheat grove
can supply the man who eats the wheat
1t has to 60 to the miller, paying tn
profit not only on grinding and maxim,
into -four, but an additional charge TO
handling the wheat. And in cities
large proportion of families let tn
baker take another prott, larger tina,
all others, for his share of the work
Many have learned the economy i
baking their own bread who do nc
: know that there is almost an equal ad
vantage in buying wheat and gettin
, it Toured. In wheat growing district
it is quite common for forehanded cit
or village residents to get some farme
to take to mill for them enough whe;
/ for years supply of flour. Both I'll
farmer and the city consumer are be,
Gifted by this direct dealing with eac
other getting -four at nearly the co
/ price, and the farmer receiving for Ii
. wheat considerable more than he cou
by selling it to shipp ers. Good flo,
kept in dry place improves with ag
which is another advan age of gettin
an entire years supply at once -4me
r icGn CuittUator.
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